Barrel-head inserting or removing machine.



No. 642,793. Patented Feb. 6, I900. E. &. B. HOLMES &. E. F. BEUGLER.

BARREL HEAD INSERTING 0R REMOVING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HOLMES, BRITAIN HOLMES, AND EDWIN F. BEUGLER, OF BUFFALO,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE E.

OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-HEAD INSERTING & B. HOLMES MACHINERY COMPANY,

OR REMOVING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,793, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed October 4, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD HoLMEs, BRITAIN HoLMEs, and EDWIN F. BEUGLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Head Inserting or Removing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful machine for heading barrels or for removing the top hoops and heads therefrom, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view showing the mechanism in position for inserting a head into a barrel. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the machine, showing a vertical section through the driving-head on or about line Z) I), Fig. l, and also a central section through the head supporting and centering device, the parts being in position to spear the several portions composing a barrel-head and lift them up preparatory to placing them in position in a barrel. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the machine, the drivinghead being in section on or about line a a, Fig. 4, showing also a vertical central section through a barrel placed in the machine and the position of the several parts when expanding the upper portion of the barrel to loosen the head and allow it to drop therein. Fig. 4 represents a detached top view of the driving-head and its mechanism for operating the hoop-drivers. Fig. 5 represents adetached bottom view of the mechanism for expanding the top of the barrel to release the head. Fig. 6 represents a horizontal section on or about line a c, Fig. 2, showing a top view of the platform of the machine and the barrel-head supporting and centering device. Fig. 7 represents a front elevation of a portion of the machine, showing a similar View of the mechanism for reducing the diameter of the barrel to loosen the hoops preparatory to removing them. Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of the machine, showing a modification of the barrel-reducing and hoop-loos- Serial No. 692,662. (No model.)

ening mechanism. Fig. 9 represents a front elevation of a portion of the machine, showing a barrel in place thereon and the mechanism in position for removing the top hoops therefrom preparatory to removing the head. Fig. 10 represents a horizontal section on or about line d d, Fig. 8, showing a top View of the machine-platform and the barrel-reducing mechanism represented in said Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a detached top view of that part of the device to which one portion of the modi fied barrel-reducin g mechanism is secured on one side and the pivotal portion is connected with the other. Fig. 12 represents a front elevation of the machine, showing the construction of the mechanism when it is desired to operate the machine by power. Fig. 13 represents a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 12 for the same purpose. Fig. let represents a detached portion of a safety device which will appear more clearly farther on. Fig. 15 represents a detached top view showing a modified construction of the driving-head mechanism. Fig. 16 represents a side elevation of a portion of the top of the machine for illustrating the construction and operation of the mechanism for starting, stopping, or reversing the action of the machine.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the supporting-frame of the machine consists of the base or platform 1,to which are rigidly secured, by bolts or in any well-known way, two upright bars 2 and 3, preferably round bars of wrought-iron or steel. At the top the bars 2 and 3 are reduced slightly and pass vertically up through the rear end of a cross-head at and are rigidly secured by nuts 5. (See Figs. 1, 2, or 8.) At the front of the cross-head is a box 6, having a vertical opening, in which is fitted an upright vertically-movable bar 7, preferably made square in cross-section, so that while it cannot turn in its box it is free to be moved up or down.

The rear side of the bar 7 is provided with a series of gear-teeth 8. A transverse shaft 10 is fitted in suitable boxes 10, 11, and 12 (shown in Fig. 3) in the cross-head 4 and is provided with a pinion 13, adapted to gear in with the teeth 8 in the upright bar 7. (See Fig. 2, where the pinion 13 is shown in dotted lines.)

. Between the boxes 10 and 11 is rigidly mounted on the shaft 10 a grooved pulley 14, and at the outer end of said shaft is secured a hand-wheel 15 when the machine is to be operated by hand. cross-head is mounted another grooved pulley 16 in line with the pulley 14. To the pulley 14 is secured a rope 17 or its equivalent, a cable or chain. The rope 17 extends from said pulley in a substantially horizontal direction, and then passes over the pulley 16 downward and is provided with a counterweight 18, secured to it.

The object of the counterweight 18 is to provide a counterbalance for the weight of the driver-head and its operating mechanism, the driver-head and its operating mechanism being too heavy to be operated by hand without a counterbalancing-weight.

When it is designed to operate the machine by power, we employ a fly-wheel 19, (see Figs. 12 and 13,) having two inside pulley-rims 20 21, the upper pulley-rim 20 for running the machine in one direction and the lower one for running it in a reverse direction. These rims 20 and 21 are preferably cast in one piece with the fly-wheel 19.

On' the cross-head, preferably above the shaft 10, is mounted, in suitable boxes 22 and 22", for instance, (see Fig. 12,) a second transverse shaft 23, having at one end a small friction-pulley 24, which is located between the pulley-rims 20 and 21. (See Fig. 13.) The opposite end of the shaft 23 is provided with a driving-pulley 25, which is adapted to connect by a belt with a pulley operated by a steam-engine or other source of power for driving it.

The shaft 23, with its friction-pulley 24 and its driving-pulley 25, is mounted in said boxes 22 22 in an oscillating supportingframe, thereby allowing the friction-pulley 24 to be moved into con tact with either the pulley-rim 20 or the rim 21. The construction of this part of the mechanism is as follows: The boxes 22 and 22 are connected to or form a part of a supporting-frame, pivoted by pins 26 to one or between two lugs or extensions 26, one of which is shown in Fig. 12, whereby the end of the shaft 23 and its friction-pulley 24 may be moved slightly up or down, as hereinbefore stated, said frame being adapted to oscillate on its pivotal pin 26. At the bottom of the box 22 is a depending portion 29, having an opening through it, and below said box 22 is pivoted by a pin 30 a hand-lever 31, having its upper end 31 extending through the openingin the portion 29. (Shown in Fig. 16.) To keep the box 22 from being moved except in a substantially vertical position, it is fitted to move in an opening between the two parts 32 33, extending from the crosshead, to which they are rigidly attached or form a part.

At the rear end of the From the above construction it will be seen that the friction-pulley 24 may be moved slightly up or down with considerable force by means of the hand-lever 31, and thereby cause the driver-head to move in either direction or stop it by bringing the pulley 24 between the two rims 20 and 21.

The means for controlling the power mechanism automatically, and thereby limiting the vertical movements of the driver-head, will be understood by reference to Figs. 12 and 14. A vertical rod 35 is rigidly secured to the driver-head 36 and passes up through an opening in a yoke 37, (see Fig. 14,) which is pivoted by a pin 38 to a lug or ear extending from the cross-head 4. 'lhe'yoke37 embraces a portion of the box 22, and the rod 35 is provided with two collars 39 and 39, which are adjustable up or down thereon and rigidly secured at any desired point by means of the set-screws 40. Mounted on the rod 35, at the upper side of the collar 39", is a spiral spring 41, and at the top of the yoke 37 is mounted on said rod 35 a spiral spring 42.

The action of the above-described mechanism is such that when the driver-head moves down to the point to which the device has been adjusted the collar 39, coming down on the spring 42, will swing the yoke 37 down, and with it the box carrying the frictionroller 24, into frictional contact with the pulley-rim 21, thereby reversing the movement of the driver-head and causing it to move upward,unless stopped by the action of the handlever 31, as hereinbefore mentioned. The friction-roller 24 is normally supported in a medium position between the two rims 20 and 21, and is moved from said position into frictional contact with either of said rims by the hand-lever 31, and is held in contact with said rim by pressure upon said hand-lever, resuming its normal inoperative position immedi ately upon the releasing of said lever. It is also automatically moved into contact with the rim 21 by the driver-head, as before described, to reverse the movement of said driver-head, as before described, The upward movement of the driver-head is also limited in a similar manner by means of the collar 39, as will be readily seen. It will also be understood that in this construction the movement of the fly-wheel 19 and its pulleyrims 20 and 21 is in the direction of the arrow V, Fig. 13.

The hoop-driver head 36, which consists of a series of radial arms, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is mounted on the lower round end 43 of the vertical rack-bar 7, and is therefore adapted to be turned back and forth thereon. (See Fig. 3, Where this is shown.) Immediately below the driver-head is rigidly secured to the lower end of the vertical bar 7 by a nut 44, so as to be incapable of turning thereon, a substantiallyhorizontal plate 45. (Shown in Figs. 3 and 4.) The plate 45 is provided with a hole near each outer corner at the points,

46 and 46, (see Fig. 4,) the object of which will appear farther on. At the top of the driver-head is mounted a grooved collar 47. (Shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 on Sheet 2, to which reference is made in describing this part of the mechanism.) The hoop-driving arms 48 are pivoted at or about the points 49 at the outer ends of the driver-head arms and are each provided with a short connecting portion 50, pivoted thereto bya pin 50, to which one end of the spring-arms 51 is pivoted. Their opposite ends extend into the groove in the collar 47 and are pivoted to said collar by pins 52. (See Fig. 4.) A forked lever or arm 53 is pivoted to lugs at the top of the collar 47 by pins 54 54. (See Figs. 2 and 4.)

The object of the above construction is to provide the means for moving the lower ends of the driving-arms and their hoop-driving plates 55 and theirlifting-pins 55'" to or away from the barrel.

To lugs 56 on the driving-head is pivoted by pins 57 a semicircular bar58, having pendent pieces 58 to prevent it from moving down too far and a series of gear-teeth 59 on its under side. (See Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.) On the top of the hand-lever 53 is a gear-tooth 60, (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) adapted to fit between the teeth 59. The semicircular bar 58 is provided with an ear or lug 61, which carries a substantially vertical bar 62. The bar 62 passes downward and loosely through a hole in a lug extending from one of the arms of the driver-head, and when the semicircular bar and the arm 53 are in their normallydownward position the lower end 62 of the bar 62 extends down through one of the holes at 46 01'46 in the stationary plate 45, as shown in Fig. 3. (See also Fig. 4 in this connection.)

From the construction above described it is obvious that if the arm 53 be lifted up, turning on its pivotal centers, its gear-tooth 60 willengage with the gear-teeth 59, and at the same time turn the semicircular bar upward, and with it the vertical bar 62, thereby lifting its lower end up out of the hole in the stationary plate 45 in which it was engaged, so that the driver-head may be turned horizontally back and forth on its vertical central support and so that the lower end of said vertical bar 62 may be made to engage with either of the holes at the points 46 or 46 in the stationary plate 45 by turning the driverhead to the desired point and dropping the hand-lever 53, and thereby hold said driverhead so that it cannot 'turn while the bar 62 is thus engaged. The set of driver-arms remain invariable as they are forced around on the work, as the engagement of the geartooth 60 with the teeth 59 looks the angular portion of the collar 47 to the driver-head, so that the two shall turn together.

The object of the above construction is to provide the means for moving the hoop-driver plates so as to operate at different points on the hoops.

In Figs. 6, 12, and 13 we have shown a means for centering a barrel on the platform justed at any point up or down on said bar 2 and then rigidly secured, the object being to provide the means for adjusting the centering-disk 66 to different heights to answer for barrels of different sizes. Extending outward from one side of said disk is an arm 69, having at its outer end an adjusting-bolt 70, (see Fig. 6,) and a piece of wood, leather, or other suitable material at the end of the bolt, adapted for coming in contact with the upright bar 3, and thereby limiting the horizontal swinging movement of the centering-disk when it is brought centrally over a barrel.

The top of the centering-disk 66 is provided with a circular recess 71 of the exact size adapted to receive the several parts comprising a barrel-head to be centered and supported in position preparatory to lifting it out and placing it centrally in the opening of a barrel, as will appear farther on. The head of a barrel being made of two or more pieces, as shown in said Figs. 2 and 6, all are required to be lifted up and held in their relative positions together until put into a barrel. This is done by first turning the disk 66, carrying the barrel-head, to its centering position over a barrel which has previously been placed in its proper central position on the platform 1 and then bringing down the driver-head either by the hand-wheel 15 or by power, as hereinbefore mentioned, until the pins 55 are forced into the several parts composing a barrel-head. The driver-head being new raised up, the several parts of the barrel-head are all lifted up together, as shown in Fig. 1, and are in position to be forced into the barrel below it, which may be done either with or without the taperingrim 72, (shown in said-Fig. 1,) which consists of a series of curved segments connected to each other by springs and is adapted to be placed upon the upper portion of a barrel, substantially as shown in said Fig. 1.

When it is desired to remove therhead froma completed barrel, some rapid means for reducing the size of the upper portion of the barrel and removing the top hoops are required.

In Figs. 1 and 7, particularly Fig.7, We have shown the preferred construction for compressing the upper part of the barrel, which consists of a wire cable forming a loop 73, (a chain or rope would be an equivalent.) On the upright supporting-bar 2 is mounted a vertically-movable sleeve 74, and on the platform 1 is a lug or ear 75, to which is pivoted an upright arm 76. At the top of the arm 76 is pivoted a transverse arm 77, having a pivotal connection with the sleeve 7 4; at the point 745, and to its outer end is pivoted a short pendent connecting-piece 78, having a transversely slotted or forked end, in which is pivoted a downward-extending arm 79, having its lower end pivoted to the short arm of a substantially rectangular hand-lever 80, (see Figs. 1 and 7,) which angular arm is pivoted by a bolt 81 to the base 1 of the machine. The top of the base 1 is provided with two ears 82 82, to which are pivoted two arms 83 83*, (see Fig. 7,) having at their tops a well'known clamping device secured byscrewbolts 84:, in which the ends 73 73 of the cable are rigidly secured, as shown in said Fig. 7. To the upright arms 83 83 are pivoted arms 84: 84 each being members of a toggle-joint having their adjacent ends pivoted together by a pin 85 to the sleeve 74. From the above construction it will be seen that by turning the hand-lever S0 downward the arm 77 will be turned upward, and the sleeve 74 will be moved up with it, all shown in said Fig. 7, thereby operating the toggle-joint and forcing the arms 83 S3 outward and reducing the size of the loop 73 and compressing a barrel with great force, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1, in which a barrel is shown on the platform with the loop 73 surrounding it. To facilitate the removal of the head from the barrel after the upper hoops are drawn off, we employ a device for expanding the mouth of the barrel, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, which consists of a central supporting portion 86, which is secured rigidly and centrally under the driverhead by means of-a bolt 87. Depending from the bottom of the portion 86 is a series of pairs of ears 88, between which are pivoted the forked expanders 89, each having a rear downward-inclinin g portion 90 for forcing the head down, so it will drop into the barrel when the expanding-forks have expanded the mouth of the same. The action of these expanders will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3, in which they are shown expanding a barrel and the head in position to drop into the barrel. This expander, as will be understood, is operated by the downwardand-upward movement of the driver-head.

After the barrel has been operated upon it is quickly removed from the platform by pressing with the foot the arm 91 downward, (see Fig. 2,) which operation throws the end 92 of the angular arm 91 forward and expels the barrel. \Vhen the foot is removed from said arm, the spring 93 immediately brings it to its normally-upward position, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Figs. 8, 10, and 11 we have shown a modified construction of the mechanism for compressing the barrel preparatory to removing the top hoops from the same. To the bar 2 is secured by bolts 94 a supporting portion 95 95, being in two parts to adapt it to be removably clamped rigidly to the bar 2 by said bolts, so as to be adjustableup or down on said bar 2. The part 95 is provided with a supporting-arm 96 and thepart 95 with a pivotal supporting-arm 97. To the supporting-arm 96 is adjustably secured by bolts 98 a curved bar 99, having an operating-arm 100 pivoted thereto at or about the point 101. (See Fig. 10.) At the free end of this arm 100 is an outwardly-curved portion 102, the oflice of which will appear farther on. Near the pivotal point of the arm 100 is pivoted ahookarm 103. (Shown in Fig. 10.) To the arm 97 is pivoted by a bolt 104 a curved arm 105, having near its free end a depending pin 106. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 10.) This arm is adapted to swing outward to allow a barrel to be put on the platform and rest against the curved bar 99. It is then closed and the hook l hooked over the downward-extending pin 106. The arm 100 is then moved in the direction of the arrow V, thereby rigidly compressing the barrel, so that the top hoops can easily be removed. The arm 100 is then moved slightly backward, so that the hook 1 can be disengaged from the pin 106 and the bar 99 thrown open. The arm is now quickly moved backward far enough to allow the curved portion 102 of said arm to force the barrel off from the platform. Another barrel may now be put in position on the platform and the operation repeated.

We claim as our invention 1. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the driverhead and its operating mechanism, of a series of expanding devices pivotally depending from the driver-head and adapted to extend into abarrel and to be expanded or contracted by the movement of said driver-head.

2. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the driverhead and its operating mechanism for giving it its required movement up or down, of a se ries of radially-extending expanders pivotally supported from the driver-head and inclining downward from the center by gravity, their outer ends being adapted to fit in the chime of a barrel and force the same outward by a downward movement of the driver-head, substantially as described.

3. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the driverhead and its operating mechanism, pivoted expanders kept in their normally-contracted position by gravity and providedat their rear ends with devices for forcing the head out or down after the mouth of the barrel has been expanded.

4. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the driverhead and its operating mechanism for giving it its required vertical movements, of a series of centrally-located radially-pivoted expanders kept in their normally-contracted position by gravity and provided at their rear ends ICC with downward-inclined arms for forcing the head out or down after the mouth of the barrel has been expanded.

5. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the rotatable driver-head and its operating mechanism, of-

a vertically-movable pin mounted on the driver-head, means for moving it vertically, and a non-rotatable horizontal plate mounted at the bottom of the driver-head and having holes adapted to receive said pin, for the purpose described. I

6. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the rotatable driver-head and its operating mechanism, of a semicircular toothed bar pivoted to the driver-head and connected with a verticallymovable pin mounted on the driver-head, a non-rotatable perforated plate secured below the driver-head, a forked operating-arm pivoted to a rotatable collar at the top of the driver-head and provided with a tooth adapted to engage with teeth in the semicircular toothed bar, a series of driver-arms,and means for connecting said arms to the collar to contract or expand them by the rotation of said collar for the purpose of locking the crosshead so that it cannot be turned on its vertical axis, or releasing it so that it may be turned in either direction, as described.

7. The combination withthe driver-head and the hoopdrivers, of means connected with the hoop-drivers for picking up the several parts composing a barrel-head and depositing them in their proper positions in the mouth of the barrel.

8. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the hoopdrivers and their raising and lowering mechanism, of pendent spurs extending from the hoop-driver foot-pins, for the purpose described.

9. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the driverhead, its operating mechanism and the hoopdrivers provided with spurs, of ahorizontallyswinging table pivoted to the machine and provided with a circular recess adapted to receive the several pieces composing a barrelhead.

10. In a barrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with the supporting-frame, of a horizontally-swingingand V61; tically-adj ustable table pivoted to said frame and having a circular recess adapted to receive the parts composing a barrel-head, devices for limiting its movement at a point central over a barrel and means for keeping the barrel in a central position on the platform.

11. In a barrel-headinserting and removing machine, the combination with a fly-wheel having two pulley-rims concentrically arranged one within the other, of a friction-pulley mounted in suitable boxes between the two rims on a pivotal supporting-frame normally held from contact with either rim and capable of a rocking movement to permit its movement from one rim to the other and into contact with either, and ahand-lever for moving said friction-pulley from one rim to the other, for the purpose described.

12. In abarrel-head inserting and removing machine, the combination with a cord or cable in the form of a loop adapted to encirclea barrel, of a toggle-joint having its extreme ends pivoted to upright bars, the lower ends of which are pivoted to the supporting-base and their upper ends provided with clamps for rigidly securing the ends of the loop, a Vertically-movable sleeve mounted on the machine-frame to which the inner ends of the toggle-bars are pivoted, a transverse bar pivotally connected with said sleeve and having one end pivotally connected by a link with the base and the opposite end pivotally connected with ahand-lever, for reducing the size of a barrel to permit the easy removal of the upper hoops.

EDWARD HOLMES. BRITAIN HOLMES. EDWIN F. BEUGLER. W'itnesses:

AMos T. SANGSTER, A. J. SANGSTER. 

